Screenwriter David Mamet bristles at Hollywood’s ‘garbage’ DEI efforts: ‘It’s fascist totalitarianism’ [Video]

Award-winning playwright and screenwriter David Mamet didn’t mince words when giving his opinion on Hollywood’s diversity efforts, during a media event last weekend.

“DEI is garbage,” Mamet reportedly told a crowd at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. “It’s fascist totalitarianism.”

Mamet’s remarks came during a conversation with The Los Angeles Times about his new memoir, “Everywhere an Oink Oink,” according to the new report.

During the discussion, he attacked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for implementing diversity standards that will be required to be eligible for the “Best Picture” Oscar, starting in 2025.

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Film producers and directors will now be required to submit to the Academy a dossier of the sort that points to the race, gender, sexual orientation and disability status of their film’s cast and crew members.

Mamet described these regulations as burdensome, and he was skeptical about their effectiveness.

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